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I've currently started the IB, and am doing English, Maths and Chemistry SL, and French, Philosophy and History HL. I was wondering what are some really good study guides to get so I can read ahead a bit? Also are there any handy guides for ToK?

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I second the chemistry study guide. It's good. I also suggest this study guide; I have my own copy and it has study material for all of the core topics and each of the options that's easy to review and understand, SL and HL included:

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Pearson Baccalaureate's Chemistry Book is nice when you're just start reading about the topic. So is Hodder Education's Chemistry for the IB Diploma.

But, if you want to sum everything up, you better just use Oxford's Chemistry Course Companion. It's able to summarize everything in very short sentences with the use of terminology learned. It's good for reviewing for the tests, I guess, as well.

In the end, it depends on which book you're most comfortable with! Just use it, learn and understand from it, and you'll be okay.

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Pearson Baccalaureate's Chemistry Book is nice when you're just start reading about the topic. So is Hodder Education's Chemistry for the IB Diploma.

But, if you want to sum everything up, you better just use Oxford's Chemistry Course Companion. It's able to summarize everything in very short sentences with the use of terminology learned. It's good for reviewing for the tests, I guess, as well.

In the end, it depends on which book you're most comfortable with! Just use it, learn and understand from it, and you'll be okay.

Thanks! I've found out that we're using the Cambridge text books for chemistry; are they any good? Or is it worth buying another one?

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I have the Oxford university press tok study guide. I think it's pretty useful. It has tips for the presentation and essay and is abundant in tok knowledge

I'll have a look for that one, the tips sound very useful.

I use the Oxford TOK course companion. I think CherryBlossom meant the course companion, because as far as I know Oxford doesn't have a study guide for TOK.

My TOK teacher last year was new to TOK, and he didn't teach with a textbook. I had to buy my own book and self-study pretty much everything. I chose the Oxford book and I think it's very good, so you should give it a try.